The North Wilkes Vikings will head out on the road to face off against the Starmount Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. North Wilkes is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
North Wilkes' offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against East Wilkes on Friday. They were dealt a 49-0 loss at the hands of the Cardinals.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Starmount's strategy against Forbush on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Starmount blew Forbush out of the water with a 45-0 final score. The Rams pushed the score to 42-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons had no chance of recovering from.
Luke Collins went supernova for Starmount, throwing for 194 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 passes, while also rushing for 68 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. KJ Allen was Collins' top target, picking up 97 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Starmount was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 496 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Forbush only gained 110.
North Wilkes now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Starmount, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
North Wilkes was taken down by Starmount 62-12 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point North Wilkes was down 55-12.
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